Sentence examples similar to modesty self from inspiring English sources

"A strange mix of naïveté, diabolical intelligence, modesty, self-esteem, sentimentality, cynicism and sheer bloody toughness and courage".

I thought: if only we had Aubrey's diary, his modesty, self-effacement and attention to others would not be such a problem.

White women, on the other hand, are upheld as pillars of modesty, self-respect and self-control.

The darkness of Marsh's book isn't a kind of false modesty; his self-abnegation isn't disguised self-regard.

In an industry addicted to hype and self-publicity, Mr. Petrov comes across as a kind of antihero, all modesty and self-deprecation.

But amid this modesty, his self-confidence was transparent.

It smacked of commercial expedience and compromised golf's definitive values of modesty and self-regulation.

I always liked people with a sense of humor, a sign of modesty and self-awareness".

Nick Lowe's public ambition is pressed down beneath strata of irony, modesty, stylish self-effacement.

Aside from one or two missteps, Baddiel strikes a deft balance between modesty and self-regard.

Indeed, Brown was exceptional in his modesty and self-effacing geniality, traits rare in Tinseltown.